The Osceola times., 1887-04-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Csavilsd frsu varises SsureaA
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


COLONEL EUGENE CARR, OF the Sixth
cavalry, is a candidate for appointment rs
Brigadier-General on the retirement Of
General o. r. Wilcox.
SUPERVISING ARCHITECT or Tnr TREAS
rRr BELL was expected TO pass upon the
plans for repairs OF the old St Louis post
office on the 18th, and work will probably
begin in few days.
OK the 14th one OF the most exciting
scenes ever witnessed In Scotland &C,
CURED at Ayr, during Mr. Chamborlain's
bitter speech against the Irish. Strong
threats wore made at him
IT is said that Second Auditor Day. OF
Illinois, will DO promoted to the position
OF Second Comptroller Of the Treasury, to
succeed Judge Maynard, recently made
assistant Secretary OF tho Treasury.
TIE Navy Department has been In.
formed that Pay Clerk Charles A. Gibson,
OF the Cssipee, disappeared mysteriously
on March % from the Norfolk Navy Yard,
since which time nothing has been heard
as TO his whereabouts His accounts are
found to be correct lie leaves wife and
child in Washington.
OK the l4th during tho dc bate in the
British House OF Commons, James Red.
fore the Chicago convention Of tho Ma
uonal League, on which he had been Sc
vercly criticised by Mr.. Chamberlain in
the speech of the latter at Ayr Scotland.
EARL SPENCER formerly Lord, Louten-
ant OF Ireland, on arriving at Truro on the
14th, on route TO Plymouth, was greeted
by 1000 persons and presented with an
address OF welcome. He replied in a
Al anh In. H. -
demned the governments Irish policy and
advocated home rule.
BUFFALO BILLS Wild West company ar.
rived In London on the l&th, having had a
pleasant voyage. The troupe and stock
were landed in excellent condition, and
were the objects OF much interest to those
who witnessed the debarkatior,
SECRETARY WHITNEY says the cruiser
Atlanta will probably be accepted
DURING thunderstorm at Youngs-
town, o., on the 18th, Mrs. Michael Mallory
and the family cat were killed by light.
ming.
= JAMES G. DELANo, formerly OF Gales
burg, Ill, died at his home, Mount Pleas
ant near Washington, d. C., on the 18th.
A BRILLIANT young Virginian named
Robert Gatewood suicidej on n steamer
near Norfolk on the 18th He imagined
he was pursued by demons.
Sin WILLIAM VERNON HARcouRr spoke
In opposition TO the coercion mcasur re in
the British House OF Commons on the 18th.
VR. PowDERLY points out few Vital
political issues for consideration OF the
Knights Of Labor and tho people of the
country at large.
The twenty-second anniversary OF tho
death OF Abraham Lincoln was observed
by the Lincoln Guard Of Honor at Spring.
held, H., and the full truth about the
secret burial divulged.
EMrS BEY, on his expedition through
Africa, met In the White Nileregion King
Mwanga, eighteen years Of age, who has
1000 wives.
The rumors that Secretary Whitney is
TO leave the Cabinet are circulated by
enemies Of the President, who, IL is said.
really think they can get Whitney to re.
tire and thus weaken the Admlnistra
tion.
ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN received a cable
message on the 10Th saying Mgr. Quinn
died in Paris on the afternoon Of that day.
Mgr. Quinn was vicar-general Of the dio.
ccse Of New York City.
TnE funeral OF Bishop Ice took place at
Wilmington, Del, on the 18th, and was
very largely attended. Nine bishops and
nearly one hundred clcrgymen perticipat-
cd In the obsequies. Tho remains were
Inferred In the old Swedes' churchyard.
HENRY Inner, the Oldest locomotive en-.
gineer in the United States, died in Whis.
tie, Ala, on the 18TH He ran the iirst en-.
gine on the Charleston & Ham burg rail-
road, the third railroad built in this coun,
try. The drivers of the engine were Of
hard wood.
TIE Presdent shook hands with two
hundred people on the 18th. Several per
sons in the crowd were recognized as old
acQuaintances. A veteran In antiauated
uniform introduced himself as survivor
Of the war Of 1sl2 Two members of the
California Legislature We're among those
presented.
AT last accounts tn, Florida Democrats
were at u deadlock on their senatorial
nomipation.
The President has appointed Alexander
Lawton, Of Georgia, Envoy Extraord mary
and Minister Plenipotcntary 10 Austria
Hungary.
CnIEf JUSTICE CARTIER OF the Distric,
OF Columbia Supreme Court, died a,
Washington on the night of the 10th. He
had been In delicate health for some time
Ok the 10th General o. b. Wilcox, in
command Of the Department OF the Mis-
sour, waa placed upon the retired list,
having attained his sixty-fourth year
q. M. WrILIo, a wealthy Californian, re
siding In San Francisco, has just recov
cred one OF two daughters who were alb
Quoted twelve years ago by an actres,
named N,ie Lola.
Mys. CLEVELAND has just spent an entire
week at Oak View, and enjoyed a rest II
the company Of hor mother and aunt, the
latter being on visit from jackson, Mich
THE Duchess OF Cumberland, sister Of
the Princess of Walos, who was recently
sent TO a retreat for the insane, is slowl J
but surely recovering her mental balance
The Grown Prince Frederick William oi
Germany is suffering from chronic ulcer
alton OF the throat which seems to stub
bornly resist all remedial agencies.
THE Prince of Wales has consented e
act as honorary president OF the interna
tional exhibition at Melbourne, Australia
next year, TO celebrate the centennial o.
the colonization of the island.
On the nth DIR. McGlynn returned 4
New York from his Western locturine
trip, which he says was pleasant anC
successful one.
JUROR O'CoNSELt, who stood out 70,
conviction in the Areus1orf trial at Sious
City, Ia, states that he was asked by tho
defense TO name his price.
STILsoS HuTcHISs and JEFF Chandler
have gone TO Europe TO introduce inven
tions-the former type-setting machine
tho latter pneumatic gun carriage.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made 10 cele
brate the centenary Of the birth Of johann
Ludwig INLAND, the famous German poet
and author, which will occur on April %
The celebration will be observed through
out Germany.